Arkham Horror board game

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board game cooperative game

Arkham Horror is a cooperative horror board game in which players investigate and battle eldritch threats in the fictional town of Arkham, drawing heavily on the themes and creatures of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Arkham Horror	1
Arkham Horror (1st edition)	1
Arkham Horror (2nd edition)	1
Arkham Horror (3rd edition)	1
Arkham Horror board game canonical	1
Arkham Horror: Dunwich Horror	1
Arkham Horror: The King in Yellow	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8316254 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Arkham Horror board game
Context triple: [Cthulhu Mythos, influenced, Arkham Horror board game]

A. The Call of Cthulhu
The Call of Cthulhu is a seminal 1928 horror short story that introduced the cosmic entity Cthulhu and became a cornerstone of H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.
B. World of Darkness
The World of Darkness in Mandaeism is a primordial, chaotic realm of darkness and evil that stands in opposition to the divine World of Light.
C. Kobolds & Catacombs
Kobolds & Catacombs is a major Hearthstone expansion themed around dungeon-delving and treasure-hunting, introducing new cards, mechanics, and a popular single-player roguelike mode.
D. La Veillée des Abysses
La Veillée des Abysses is a surreal, dreamlike stage production by James Thierrée that blends physical theatre, circus arts, mime, and music into a poetic, visually inventive performance.
E. Draw of the Cards
"Draw of the Cards" is a 1981 synth-driven pop/rock song by American singer Kim Carnes, released as a follow-up single to her hit "Bette Davis Eyes."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Arkham Horror board game
Target entity description: Arkham Horror is a cooperative horror board game in which players investigate and battle eldritch threats in the fictional town of Arkham, drawing heavily on the themes and creatures of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.

A. The Call of Cthulhu
The Call of Cthulhu is a seminal 1928 horror short story that introduced the cosmic entity Cthulhu and became a cornerstone of H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.
B. World of Darkness
The World of Darkness in Mandaeism is a primordial, chaotic realm of darkness and evil that stands in opposition to the divine World of Light.
C. Kobolds & Catacombs
Kobolds & Catacombs is a major Hearthstone expansion themed around dungeon-delving and treasure-hunting, introducing new cards, mechanics, and a popular single-player roguelike mode.
D. La Veillée des Abysses
La Veillée des Abysses is a surreal, dreamlike stage production by James Thierrée that blends physical theatre, circus arts, mime, and music into a poetic, visually inventive performance.
E. Draw of the Cards
"Draw of the Cards" is a 1981 synth-driven pop/rock song by American singer Kim Carnes, released as a follow-up single to her hit "Bette Davis Eyes."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	board game ⓘ cooperative game ⓘ
awardsAndHonors	2005 International Gamers Award nominee ⓘ 2006 Golden Geek Best Board Game Nominee ⓘ
basedOn	Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ
coreObjective	defeat the Ancient One if it awakens ⓘ prevent the Ancient One from awakening ⓘ seal gates to other worlds ⓘ
designer	Kevin Wilson ⓘ Richard Launius ⓘ
features	Ancient One bosses ⓘ encounter cards ⓘ location-based encounters ⓘ monster tokens ⓘ multiple investigator characters ⓘ mythos phase events ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ
firstEditionPublicationYear	1987 ⓘ
genre	horror board game ⓘ
hasEdition	Arkham Horror (1st edition) ⓘ linked to: Arkham Horror board game Arkham Horror (2nd edition) ⓘ linked to: Arkham Horror board game Arkham Horror (3rd edition) ⓘ linked to: Arkham Horror board game
hasExpansion	Arkham Horror: Dunwich Horror ⓘ linked to: Arkham Horror board game Arkham Horror: Innsmouth Horror ⓘ Arkham Horror: Kingsport Horror ⓘ Arkham Horror: The Black Goat of the Woods ⓘ Arkham Horror: The King in Yellow ⓘ linked to: Arkham Horror board game Arkham Horror: The Lurker at the Threshold ⓘ
hasSpinOff	Arkham Horror: The Card Game ⓘ Eldritch Horror ⓘ linked to: Eldritch Horror board game Mansions of Madness ⓘ
inspiredBy	works of H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
minimumAge	12 ⓘ
originalPublisher	Chaosium ⓘ
playerCountMaximum	8 ⓘ
playerCountMinimum	1 ⓘ
playingTimeMinutesMaximum	240 ⓘ
playingTimeMinutesMinimum	120 ⓘ
primaryMechanic	cooperative play ⓘ dice rolling ⓘ hand management ⓘ modular board ⓘ variable player powers ⓘ
publisher	Fantasy Flight Games ⓘ
recommendedPlayerCountMaximum	6 ⓘ
secondEditionPublicationYear	2005 ⓘ
setting	Arkham ⓘ
theme	cosmic horror ⓘ investigation ⓘ monster fighting ⓘ
thirdEditionPublicationYear	2018 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cthulhu Mythos → influenced → Arkham Horror board game ⓘ

Arkham Horror → hasEdition → Arkham Horror (1st edition) ⓘ

subject linked to: Arkham Horror board game